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Make Hay While The Sun Shines In That Dash Of Your Life

By Gary Woltal

Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Realty 0575737

May 10, 2011 11:13 AM

It seems to me we have too many people in life PLAYING around on Facebook and Twitter and watching so many hours of Celebrity Apprentice each month. OK I smile when I say that as we all have our choices of where to spend our time, enjoying ourselves for entertainment, or as others might throw rocks at us and say, we are wasting our time. But truly in our lives we should try as best as possible to

Make Hay While The Sun Shines In That Dash Of Your Life

Live Once You know that dash part. You read those obituaries and it is birth date, death date and then that all important DASH between when you arrived and when you depart. YOUR LIFE!!

Uncomfort Zone Once again not judging anyone but surely our lives were built for more than being glued to our seats in anticipation of someone at the board table having a finger pointed at them by The Donald and saying, "You're Fired." I sometimes think Europeans look at our sense of silliness in the U.S with some of their real living ways with villages and festivals and such (not that they are perfect either) but we all need to know this time of ours on the planet is finite.

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Tammie White, Broker

Franklin Homes Realty LLC - Franklin, TN

Franklin TN Homes for Sale

Absolutely love that movie. We should all have a bucket list.

May 10, 2011 05:48 PM

Anthony Daniels

Coldwell Banker - San Francisco, CA

SF Bay Area REO Specialist

I unfortunately had to listen to a domestic dispute on Mother's day. My neighbors were fighting (actually he was yelling and cursing at her) because she was late....once again, for wherever it was they were supposed to go.

The reason for her tardiness? Facebook. Apparently, she loses track of time while minding everybody elses business on a regular basis.

Sad that a man could address his wife in such a disrespectful manner and sad that they would fight over an ordinary topic such as Facebook.

I wonder how many domestic disputes can be attributed to it? It would make for an interesting research statistic.

May 10, 2011 05:55 PM

Jeanne M. Gavish

Jeanne Gavish, Keller Williams Realty Elite Partners - Spring Hill, FL

Keller Williams Realty Elite Partners - CIPS,GRI,S

I would rather live my life than passively watch others live theirs.

May 10, 2011 05:56 PM

Sarasota & Manatee Counties FL

SaraMana Properties - QuickFreeMLS.com - Bradenton, FL

QuickFreeMLS.com - Listings In Paradise

That was a great post Gary . . . love the song, the movie, and the hand-drawn graphics.

May 10, 2011 05:56 PM

Ronald DiLalla

Century 21 Discovery DRE 01813824 - Anaheim, CA

No. Orange Cty Real Estate

i Gary, great presentation particularly he hand-drawn graphics..its neve to late to stop and smell the flowers...

May 10, 2011 06:25 PM

Chuck Carstensen

RE/MAX Results - Elk River, MN

Minnesota/Wisconsin Real Estate Expert

I have been on the edge of getting out of the comfort zone for a long time...its real hard and we need inspiration to move from there.

May 10, 2011 07:37 PM

Cheryl Ritchie

RE/MAX Leading Edge www.GoldenResults.com - Huntingtown, MD

Southern Maryland 301-980-7566

My tv consumption is way down when I reevaluated whether it was really what I wanted to be spending time doing.

May 10, 2011 09:47 PM

Gita Bantwal

RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA

REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

Gary, Thank you for the inspiration. I love the graphics.

May 10, 2011 10:49 PM

Fernando Herboso - Associate Broker MD, & VA

Maxus Realty Group of Samson Properties - Clarksburg, MD

301-246-0001 Serving Maryland, DC and Northern VA

Great post and very inspiring. . . there is a lot of merit to what you are saying. . .is time to reevaluate for me.

I stopped watching the news two years ago and my kids are not watching no more than 5 hours of TV from Monday to Friday. . I want to improve on this.

I can see the difference on my kids already. .. They love to read!

May 10, 2011 11:29 PM

Allison Stewart

St.Cloud Homes - Saint Cloud, FL

St. Cloud Fl Realtor, Osceola County Real Estate 407-616-9904

Gary- All work and no play...may make Johnny a dull boy; but all play and no work make Johnny unemployable for sure! The key is moderation.

May 10, 2011 11:50 PM

Phil Leng

Retired - Kirkland, WA

Phil Leng - Retired

Hi Gary,

Everything has been said.

I agree

Phil

May 11, 2011 12:50 AM

Mike Yeo

3:16 team REALTY - Frisco, TX

Well said. Everyone has their priority set differently. Your post is a good reminder what our purposes are.

May 11, 2011 01:38 AM

Gary Woltal

Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX

Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

Wonderful commenting by everyone. There are points in life for sure about thinking about reinventing your life design and looking at your choices and where you are spending your time like if you are watching too much TV. The point is it is YOUR life, no one else's and be happy with what you are doing with it. It won't last forever that is the point to drive home to yourself.

May 11, 2011 02:00 AM

Sandy Shores FL Realtor®, Melbourne Real Estate

M & M Realty of Brevard Inc. - Melbourne, FL

Brevard County Real Estate, Florida's Space Coast

Gary, Ah, The Dash Poem, by Linda Ellis- what a great one! It's a great reminder to us to live our lives to the fullest.

May 11, 2011 02:00 AM

Jerry Morse

The Morse Company - Janesville, WI

BBA,GRI

For the young it seems that you have a lot of time left, but get a little older and it disappears quickly.

May 11, 2011 02:01 AM

Michael Setunsky

Woodbridge, VA

Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Gary, your post is a good reminder that it is easy to waste your life away with today's technology. Thanks.

May 11, 2011 02:35 AM

Bob Zorechak - ABR, GRI, e-PRO

Keller Williams Realty Metropolitan - Morristown, NJ

Sells Homes in Morris/Somerset/Hunterdon Cos., NJ

The older we get, it seems the shorter our lives become. Time is a wasting. As Larry The Cable uy always says, "Get 'er Done!"

May 11, 2011 03:07 AM

Richie Alan Naggar

people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA

agent & author

Good reflection post....for those that sleep too much...there will be plenty of time for that eventually. For now, catching and holding on to a full day produces a full life and I liked the title of your post. The other day I watched an old black & white movie where they had to get the hay in before the rain storm or the crop would be ruined...That meant having to rely on others for your needs until next years crop. The people in the movie worked until they dropped...and got the hay in. It all made sense and still does...thank you Gary

May 11, 2011 03:58 AM

Mary Douglas

United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado - Red Feather Lakes, CO

REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado

Hi Gary, it's uncanny to see the title of your post "Make Hay when the sun shines" because I said that just this morning. In reality, I was happy I got the outside photos of a new listing when the sun was shining and didn't wait until today when it snowed! Then there is the dash in life that you speak of - another mindset entirely :-)

May 11, 2011 07:55 AM

Patricia Aulson

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES Verani Realty NH Real Estate - Exeter, NH

Realtor - Portsmouth NH Homes-Hampton NH Homes

Lots of good comments here today, but I particularly like comment #1.

Thanks Gary,

Patricia/Seacoast NH & ME

May 11, 2011 03:09 PM